Carl Smith - DNA Replication Activity
Carl Smith - DNA Replication Activity
1. Number the steps of DNA replication in the correct order (1, 2, 3):
2 Daughter strands are formed using complementary base pairing.
1 DNA unwinds
3 The DNA of the daughter strands winds with together with its parent strand.
2. Why is DNA replication called "semi-conservative"?each
. strand contains one parent and one daughter stands
DNA helicase
3. What enzyme unwinds or unzips the parent strand?.
4. What enzyme connects the new bases to the old bases in the DNA template?
DNA polymerase
5. What enzyme connects the new nucleotides together and proofreads them?
DNA polymerase
6. Show the complimentary base pairing that would occur in the replication of the short DNA
molecule below. Use two different colored pencils (or different pens, markers, etc.) to show which
strands are the original and which are newly synthesized.
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A T A T
A T
C
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C- G G
C G
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T- A T A T
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T- A T A T
A
-» +
A- T A T T
A
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C- G C G
C G
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G- C G C
G C
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C- G C G C G
C +
C- G G C
1 G
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G- C C C
G G
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A- T A
A T T
T- A T
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A T
1 A